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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1940
Page
1
The United States will demand far more than respect for American rights in China before a new Japan trade pact. Officials require adherence to the Nine Power Treaty and Kellogg pact, including Japan’s withdrawal from China and rejection of war as policy, before any commerce agreement.
The White House said reports of German submarines off South America and in the 300 mile neutrality zone lack official confirmation. Press secretary Stephen Early called the stories mere reports and noted they caused over 100 steamship cancellations.
Representative Doughton of North Carolina, 77, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, says he will seek re election after a spontaneous demand from constituents. He notes pressure after announcing retirement and emphasizes desire to leave Congress before pensioner status, while acknowledging his district needs his influence.
An unidentified man claimed he swallowed his false teeth in sleep and rushed to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Doctors prepared an X ray as staff searched for the plate, but the missing teeth were later found in his bed, ending the mystery with no lasting harm.
Washington dispatch reports that Moscow and surrounding areas face severe hardship from skyrocketing prices and a harsh winter, with transport breakdowns due to troop movements to the Finnish front. Bread queues appear as shortages hit meat, fish, milk, butter, and potatoes, while coal and oil grow scarce. diplomats note potential impact on the Finland invasion and European war.
Eighteen year old William Max Rogge, senior at Central High School Superior Wis, won a Wisconsin university agriculture scholarship before pleading guilty to first degree robbery. Judge delayed sentence to February 2. Rogge admitted burglaries in Duluth and theft of a car after forcing a rider from a car. He said he acted to get a car and did not consider consequences.
DETROIT Jan 27 A young auto worker and his 20 year old sweetheart Betty Esz died in a romance tragedy. Betty was found in a garage with a single neck wound and John Thomas 22 was later found hanging in a hotel room. Thomas left a note asking forgiveness saying he was out of his mind when Betty said she should not see him. A brain concussion and thymus condition were noted as possible contributing factors. The couple had quarreled over a fur coat and had been engaged since Christmas.
Camden January 27 Sidney Holleran said a stranger robbed his home and then he agreed to buy the revolver from the burglar for 1.25. The man befriended the thief after the holdup and the stranger left with the weapon.
Washington January 27 Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt invites Senator Wheeler to the White House for February 5 to discuss creating a Citizen ship Institute under the American Youth Congress sponsorship. Roanoke truckers respond to snow by ordering drivers to carry bird food and scatter it on highways.
President Roosevelt commended the Military Order of the World War for the stance of Army Day to be observed this year on April 6.
Winston Churchill told a Manchester audience that Nazi Germany is weaker than Imperial Germany in 1914 and urged Britons to dare and endure while warning against relaxation. He cited convoy losses, German submarine output, and atrocities in Poland, noting 15,000 Polish intellectuals reportedly shot. He praised Allied progress and warned of potential air war.
Vatican says reports that German ambassador Diego von Bergen protested Vatican radio coverage of Polish treatment are untrue. The Holy See notes the broadcasts were private and do not reflect Vatican authority, despite earlier unofficial claims of a protest by von Bergen.
Police Chief Joseph C. Rourk said John Saunders, listed in a warrant, was arrested on five counts of obtaining money under false pretense and one count of passing a worthless check. Saunders posed as head of a magazine publishing house and hired many young women as stenographers, each with a cash bond. He is held on 8000 bond after six former employees claimed he defrauded them of 700.
John L. Lewis urged Democratic leadership that winning in November hinges on labor support and called opposition to labor a fatal strategy. He said laborers have places to go and warned Republicans’ hostile posture leaves little choice, while declining to propose a specific candidate.
Vice President Garner told friends that John L. Lewis opposition is his best political asset. The remark frames Lewis as a key political asset for Garner amid national labor tensions.
North Carolina endured a severe cold snap with record lows in towns like Greensboro Salisbury and Charlotte while Franklin and Mt. Mitchell reported frigid temperatures. A Rutherford County youth died in a car overturn and a Catawba County man froze to death as relief work and road crews aided affected residents. In Raleigh the coldest night sparked political chatter about Garner Lewis Roosevelt and the Democratic party with Lewis criticizing claims about labor support.
The weathered American freighter City of Flint arrives in Baltimore after a 113 day voyage in which Nazis, Russians, Norwegians and others figured in a Murmansk run. Captain Gainard praises his crew and recounts a threatened fight at Tromsoe and a German halt in neutral waters.
Finnish couriers report four Soviet divisions once 70 000 strong scattered in retreat after costly attempts to flank the Mannerheim Line. Casualties and abandoned matériel litter lakes and rivers as Red Army columns falter under crossfire. Finnish artillery and rifles inflicted heavy losses in a failed flanking bid along Lake Ladoga.
Berlin reports intensified enforcement against listening to foreign broadcasts. Justice Ministry official Freisler says judges must impose penitentiary or death penalties for offenders, stressing that mere danger to German resistance justifies punishment. Also notes a submarine sinking two British steamers off Oporto and German artillery silencing loudspeakers near Altenheim.
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